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vagus

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Noun

a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera

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Synonyms:
vagus nerve nervus vagus pneumogastric pneumogastric nerve tenth cranial nerve wandering nerve

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "vagus":
vacuous vague voguish vac vagus vas vase vaux veg vega more...
Words contain "vagus":
nervus vagus vagus vagus nerve
Words contain "vagus" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
vagus vagal gustatory cell taste cell pneumogastric inhibition

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